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9.29.2011

I have a tutorial that is forty thrillionty times easier and better than my previous (ahem, first ever...give me some grace!) tutorial.

It is accessible to infinitely more people (you dont have to have a baby, OR a dress to start out with). And it is really simple. there are only 4 lines of stitching total.

Oh, did I mention it's mega cute and chic also?

5 weeks ago I saw this scarf on pinterest. it was pinned by a VERY popular pinner that I follow under her DIY board. I knew I had to make one for myself. but when I followed this "DIY" link, it actually led to a german store where the scarf was 35 Euros ($60 shipped!). No DIY tutorial = no thanks and bum out!

The more I thought about it, the more I wanted this, and wanted it CHEAP. I said out loud in our living room, "I am GOING to figure out how to make this for myself."

Then I got busy. the hardest part was figuring out the knot/braid, but Jesse jumped down and took charge like a freaking Eagle Scout. He actually got really handsy and sort of bullied me out of the way. My hackles were up, but no matter! He had figured it out.

High on our success and planning the tutorial that would certainly be "my big break," I tweeted the following:

And then naturally I got sidetracked with sewing orders and running and sleeping and life and never followed through on sharing this with anyone. I never even finished sewing one for myself.

So imagine my surprise when I saw that same pinner (with her tens of thousands of followers) linking to a tutorial for this style of scarf last night! I was SO bummed. my laziness had gotten me beaten to the punch.

Granted, it's not THAT hard to figure out and there is nothing new under the sun, but I had so wanted to be the first on the scene with the DIY how to (character flaw? yes!). I resignedly went over and looked at the tutorial of my idea-twin. But, hey, as it turns out, the way I did mine was pretty different.

The scarf is essentially two big color blocked tubes of fabric "braided" together using square knots. But I noticed the other tutorial attaches the different ends of each tube together by sewing straight across all the layers, thereby closing the tube and forcing it to be flat in the place where the two colors meet up, so you cant twist or rearrange it (imagine a paper towel roll that's been stapled in the middle).

The other (now massively popular and pinned, woe is me!) tutorial is very easy and fast and works great if you don't mind the flat section, but I wanted to keep my scarf tubular all the way around so it would be soft and breezy and not squished. My method to accomplish this a little more tricksy, but I personally like the result much more.

Here's how!

What you need:

-2 long rectangles of fabric. I use cotton and poly/cotton blend jersey knits which are more soft, but almost any fabric you would want around your neck should work

-thread that is the same color as one of your fabrics

-hand-sewing needle (don't be scared!)

My rectangles are about 60"x18" each which will create a long scarf looped once but also enables doubling. simply adjust the length if you'd prefer a shorter/longer scarf and adjust the width of this rectangle if you prefer a chunkier/thinner scarf. Just compare the look you want to my finished product on me (i am 5'7, FYI).

FABRIC OPTIONS:

1. Upcycling/Recycling: You can pull this project off for FREE by using a big t-shirt to create each rectangle (you're probably going to need a XL or larger. Of course: you can always take a few shirts' fabric and piece them together to get the dimensions we need.

cutting along the red dotted lines at the indicated measurements will create a 2-ply (front and back of the shirt) circley-loop that is 15" high and close to 60" around. you will cut one of the sides (if there was a side seam on the shirt, cut there to eliminate it) to get an open rectangle of fabric.

2. Buying Yardage

Another option for fabric is to just use yardage from a fabric store. Jersey knits off of a bolt are typically 58" wide. this means that your rectangle's long edge is accomplished by the width of the fabric straight from the bolt, so you only need to order/have cut around 18" of each color. Fabric.com has an awesome selection of jersey knits AND they have free returns, if you're like me and need to feel your fabric before committing!

I try to stick with cotton or poly/cotton blend jersey, and this Robert Kaufman Laguna collection is excellent and comes in tons of colors, and works out to less than $10 per scarf.

I like the feel of the interlock fabric off the bolt better than t-shirts, but it's totally up to you! Several readers have sent me pictures of scarves they made from their old t-shirts and they totally rock. it's your world....have it your way.

Fabric PSA complete. We now we return to your regularly scheduled tutorial.

So whatever you did to acquire/create/procure/piece together your approx 60x18" rectangles, you now have your two long rectangles (folded width-wise here because i'm dumb like that)

STEP 1: fold each rectangle lengthwise (aka not like above), matching up the raw longest edge and keeping right sides together if you have a fabric that has a non-patterned side. Sew with a zig-zag stitch or serge along the long side, backstitching at each end to anchor if sewing:

Repeat for the other rectangle/fabric:

STEP 2: reach your arm inside each rectangle and turn rightside-out. Don't press these seams because we are going for tubular not squashed, remember. Gotta love a step that forbids ironing!

The resultant two long tubes of fabric.

STEP 3: make your braid. it can be difficult to explain so I have attached pictures of the process and a really quick video of me doing the knots (in which I show what a HUGE nerd i am at the end and Jesse patronizes me silently while taping)

a: make two loops by folding in the middle of each tube- overlap them on on top of the other. b: reach your arm under the crook of the bottom (blue) loop and grab the ends of the top (purple) loop. c: pull the ends of the top loop back through the crook of the bottom and lay them on top of the bottom crook. d: cinch and straighten making sure the knot is in the middle. e: spread the ends of the top loop out and away from each other. f: reach between the top ends and under the bottom crook to grab the tails of the top ends. g: pull the top ends back through the bottom loop. h: pull through to lay them over the bottom loop. i: pull all four ends to cinch the knots tighter j: squnch and shift to make your knots compact. k: twist and adjust and do what you need to to make the knots uniform and pretty. l: admire!

and watch it live (with special price is right hands at the end!):

You're so welcome, world.

NOTE: you can repeat the steps as many times as you like if you want your knot/braid to be longer. these steps make a braid with 3 sets of V's (just like the inspiration scarf), but you could make as many as you like. just keep in mind that every additional V makes your total length a bit shorter.

*IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DOUBLE BRAIDED SCARF STOP HERE. you can pick up with the steps for that tutorial here.

Now we are going to sew the tubes together for our completed scarf. we want to keep the tubes open on the interior so the layers aren't all squashed together. we are going to sew in the manner you may have used if you have made a reversible garment before. we have to sort of sew our way out ofthe fabric. here's how--

STEP 4: lay out your finished knot into an X shape. match up the top tails of the X (one from each side/color), bringing the raw circular ends together. you can add in a few twists on each individual tube before matching the ends up to give your finished scarf that twisty swirly look rather than just a straight loop (i didnt twist mine so you can compare that look to the yellow and gray one which was twisted...i will twist next time!).

Top raw tails together, bottom raw tails together. onward to step 5!

STEP 5: find the seams from when you created your tubes in STEP 1 and align them side by side:

So here are your two raw edges that you have matched up. for reference, I am going to call each layer of this little pita pocket by a number:

STEP 6: pinch the two inner layers together (keeping that long seam aligned...see how mine are both at the bottom?)

STEP 7: Take your pinched together 2 and 3 layer and put them under your presser foot. start sewing, taking care to keep layers 1 and 4 away from the needle and out of the way:

Now since these are tubes, we are dealing with circles, so as you go, what was your 1 and 4 layers, start to come around to the middle and become your 2 and 3 layers that you are sewing. That's okay, keep going:

You can see on the left below where I started stitching. it is coming back around and I am starting to run out of room. What we have done here is essentially sew a small portion of the ends of these tails inside out. You wont be able to complete the circle of stitching because the back door has to remain open for the rest of the scarf to go out of:

STEP 8: you will start really running out of room running up against the long tail of the rest of your scarf. Just go as far as you can WITHOUT stretching the fabric and then backstitch at your stopping point:

When you snip your threads and remove from your machine, this is what you will have: a little almost-circle stitched around the ends and turned inside out around the remaining material. A tortellini of fabric spewing scarfy goodness:

STEP 9: flip the end right side out:

REPEAT STEPS 4-9 with the other two raw ends of your scarf

Tta-da: you have successfully sewed 90% of your tube circumference with an awesome invisible seam:

But there's the 10% you couldn't quite reach (see how my blue has more length at the hole than my purple...it's because i got greedy and did a no-no and stretched my fabric back on step 8. this is why you shouldnt do that...sadface):

STEP 10: We hand sew the little openings closed. grab some coordinating thread and a need and blind stitch that puppy closed.

Mine is wonky on the blue because my open ends weren't even-- due to my truancy in step 8 Yours will be more perfect:

That's it! you're done

Much more difficult for me than this tutorial was trying to get acceptable shots of me wearing the scarf. ugh. jesse almost lost his head because i was so self-conscious and picky. i HATE having my picture taken by myself. why, you ask?

because i need to never been seen by humans.

Jesse took his ball and went home so I had to take the un-looped scarf pic by myself.

I got a lot of free turquoise jersey...that's why it's in all 3 of my last projects...like the camera strap.

and if/WHEN you make one of these beauties for yourself (or if you plan to sell them using my tutorial), would you PLEASE send me a pic? that would just make my life. you can email it (and any questions about the steps or anything else) to putapuredukes (at) gmail (dot) com.

*since a bunch of you asked, I am also now selling these in the colors of your choice in my etsy shop if you're unable or unwilling (no shame in that game!) to make one yourself.

CARE INSTRUCTIONS: I highly recommend washing your scarf in a delicates bag. the braid is sewn in so it can never come "untied;" however, it can get all cattywampus whacked out and be a super puzzler to put back together. keeping it isolated in the wash is a safer way to go, and you might even consider putting a somewhat loose rubber band around the braid as well for extra security.

219 comments:

This makes me wish in the worst way that I had a sewing machine other than my little sister's janky one that NEVER works right that she got for Christmas because even I could do this no problem. I am going to Idaho in a few weeks and it'll be fallish and awesome (compared to my 80+ California weather) and I would be so awesome if I had a scarf like this that I made.

Keight! I'm speechless at how awesome and beautiful these are! GREAT tutorial. I apparently started following your blog on JUST the RIGHT day :) I'm only giving hand-made gifts to friends and family (except for my kids) this Christmas and this one will be perfect for my 4 sisters and sister-in-law. Thank you so much for sharing, and by the way I think all of your silly faces are fabulous! Don't be so critical of yourself :)

Consider it pinned! You may not gain notoriety with your onion goggles (perhaps a little too awkward in mixed company?) but I think you have a winner-winner-chicken-dinner here. ALSO- I backtracked the video just to watch your Price is Right hands and the awesome look on your face at the end... And I showed Grant.

OK, I didn't get any of the tutorial, and couldn't make this if my life depended on it, but I want one for Christmas, birthday and Mother's Day (include the video, please and thank you!) You're awesome!!!! (so's the scarf!!!!) Love the Game Over pic--who snapped it? Absolute keeper...yeah I see your Old Navy jacket that you snarfed up. Way to display.

Love this! Might just go get my fancy sewing machine outta the garage & figure it out!? Maybe you should fly up here, hold the dimple boy & show me? And, I totally love the hands... I, like lacey watched again & showed nate.it's because we love you :)

oh girl. i saw this post & jumped up and down because i was so excited for it!! way to go for making such a cool (and EASY) tutorial. oh, and BTW, you're pretty. like, really pretty. i thought you should know.

Thank you so so so much!!! I was in in love with this scarf from the moment I saw it!! Now I can make it !! Thank you, especially for the video on the braiding part!! You saved me hours of frustration!

Ok seriously I want so BADLY to make this...and I have read this over and over..and Im still feeling like I missed the bus cause I was too cool for school for today. Perhaps my marine husband who wears a suit and tie to work can make this for me..yes he sews..I dont. Im the plan hatcher he is the "going to make it happen" happener. !!!

@~melissa~ which part do you feel like you missed the bus on? i would love to help you out or explain a step better! and what a catch for a hubby: a suit-wearing, sewing marine! this is one of those things that is actually easier to sew than it is to explain. please email me if you need clarification on anything! putapuredukes (at) gmail (dot) com.

So my sister & I tried this last night. I apparently was never meant to sew or follow directions because it took me longer than I care to admit to successfully make one! But that is no fault of yours :) We're finishing a few more up this weekend for gifts & I'll send you some pics once they're all done! Btw, before my mom knew we were making these she had pinned a link to your tutorial on her Pinterest (and I hadn't even pinned you yet!) The interwebs are a crazy place.

HAHA... I love that you did this! I was at home last week when I saw the original "PIN" that took you to a German website!!! so I went home and started playing around with my fabrics and I ended up figuring it out.. but I am so happy that I can look at yours and follow it step by step.. because it way easier than trying to tie those knots again!! Thanks agian

Thanx for sharing, love it!But what I like the most is that you are sooo funny!!!!!!!!!!! I can see that you write like you talk and I love that!!!! The pictures mad me laugh "smooth" LOL you are so funny, thanks!!!

hi, i don't know whether to be happy about finding this tutorial (which is wonderful) or whether to be shocked about how you run down this german shop. it's one thing to make oneself a cheaper version of some designer stuff that costs thousands of dollars but to rant about a product that sells for 32 € and is produced in germany is tough shit. seriously. i can see that this seller is making a living by sewing things and it takes a lot of time choosing and buying good quality fabric, sewing the item, taking a good picture and making up a good text. i think the price is totally ok for that amount of work. i'm a german seller as well and get sick when i see underpriced products when i know exactly how much effort it takes to make them (and putting them online). i'm sorry if i understood you wrong and if ranting about this german shop wasn't your intention. it's just how i feel about this whole post. of course you can always sew anything for a cheaper price. but please be fair. xo, lou

@happy serendipity. i think you are understanding me wrong. i definitely wasnt speaking negatively about the german shop whatsoever. it wasnt a rant at all. the only thing i even said about the original was that it was gorgeous and so cool, but the price was too expensive for me to afford it. i LOVE the original scarf. i just felt that $55 to buy and ship this scarf was too expensive for my budget when i could make one myself.

just like the people out there who are inspired by designers and stores like anthroplogie, but who cant afford their products, i came up with my own method for making a similar item for much less.

no rants, no running anyone down. no judging the price. just using my own time to sew, photograph, and write out a tutorial so that anyone can feel empowered to create their own scarf no matter the budget!

and if they dont want/know how to sew? well then hooray for capitalism, wherein they can choose from the many scarves of all nations and prices where to spend their money.

@happyserendipity no problem at all, i understood where you were coming from and why it would upset you if you thought i was disparaging this german store. i definitely dont want to step on any toes or hurt anyone's business. hopefully there are enough cold necks out there that all of our scarf options can be utilized :) thanks for being so kind.

I made one last night. I didn't take any pictures wearing it yet; it was way past my bedtime! I did post it on my blog. http://takenpatiently.blogspot.com/ I'm going to try it again with two solid colors, but I really like how the one I made looks doubled. Thanks for all of your hard work with the tutorial!

I've been following your blog and your funny but very honest take on life. And then today I saw your scarf featured in a DIY scarf article in Babble. Did you know that they spotlighted your cute scarf? How exciting!!!

ok so im am so hoping to get a slr camera for christmas and have already been thinking of finding a cute strap for it. so when i saw this pin and your camera strap i was like YES! so do you have a tutorial or a link to one on how to make a cute camera strap? thanks!! love the scarf too! :)

I told my husband I'm glad there are strangers in the world that make me giggle reading a scarf tutorial. We could be friends... I tried this scarf using another tutorial and my tubes weren't long enough (it's the worst when your tubes aren't long enough!!) So, I think my t-shirt was too small... I'll give it another shot with your instructions

your tutorial ROCKED! And, I love your personality. I tried the tutorial over at Live.Love.Craft by Making Lemonade and it was ridiculously hard to follow. I thought there had to be a better way and searched on Google for Braided Scarf t-shirt and found YOU. Awesomeness. So glad to have my nice *new* scarf!

@anonymous. i am not sure what you mean by "it came untied" can you email me with pictures? was it before or after to sewed it shut. the knot may still be in there, but just unrecognizable until you de-tangle and puzzle it out.

Love love love how detailed (and entertaining) your tutorial is! Thanks for figuring out how to make this scarf: That Pinterest pic link bummed me out too, but clearly I'm not a go-getter-suzie-homemaker like you! : ) Kudos!

This is great! Thanks so much! Had a bit of confusion after sewing the tubes shut (tied tubes?) as the knot was twisted, but once I figured it out I was very happy :) Made it in all one eggplant colour as a birthday gift for a friend. Fantastic tutorial!!

LOVE this scarf! Thanks for posting the tutorial. I planned to make several of these as Christmas gifts, but the adult large t-shirts I purchased at michael's did not make 60 inch tubes. They were about 12 inches too short. Since all of them were going to be different color schemes, I could only piece one together. It turned out well though once I moved past that small hiccup! Now to figure out what to do with a bunch of t-shirt tubes and no sewing machine access...

I had the same issue as Melanie. The giant tshirts I got at the thrift store were not long enough. So it will not double over. But it is still cute! I'd say that the point in the beginning about buying the t-shirt fabric at a sewing shop is the best bet.

Melanie and Lindsay- thank yall so much for your feedback. i totally understand the issue. i have only made these with yardage (which i totally think is the easiest/best/fastest/cheapest/high quality option). i just got out some of my husband's t-shirts (larges) and i am coming up short as well. i am going to update the tutorial to indicate that you would need a XXL or higher shirt...and to indicate a different cutting/piecing method. i am so sorry for the trouble/hiccup!

Thanks for this cute tutorial. I saw it today on Scatter Girls Link up and I've now pinned it to my "Cool Stuff to do with T-shirts" board. I also think your blog is super cute and have pinned it to my cool blogs board. So you have been pinned twice today!

Hi from New Zealand!Came across your blog via Karley Etherington's pin of her braided scarf and knew it was the perfect gift for my mum. I sourced the fabric from a thrift shop, and made sure they were super cozy, as she lives in Scotland, brrrr!

Your tutorial was really well done with clear photos as well as the videos. Thank you for helping to make my mum's 60th birthday present!

When I saw this, I thought, "I have to have one!" So that meant that it would make a wonderful gift. Just finished my first with many others to come. It was so easy and turned out great! Thank so you much.

I'm so glad I discovered this tutorial! It was really well done- all of the instructions were easy to follow and I'm delighted with the way my scarves turned out. I just made three of them tonight! My only regret is that I didn't find this tutorial a couple of weeks ago before I had all of my Christmas presents made. But I still plan on making a small mountain of them to hand out as gifts throughout the year. Thanks so much for posting this!

I made my first scarf last night!!! Thank you for the tutorial! I will say it is a little difficult when connecting the tubes together at the end. Not perfect yet, but it's getting there. Especially since I've never used a seeing machine before!!

I'm just wondering how long it takes to make them? I want to make a couple for gifts, but I'm already strapped for time. :(I'm a fairly good sewer, and will probably end up using shirts.P.S. Thanks for the tutorial! It looks easy enough to follow!

if youre a good, fast sewer, and you understand the principles involved here, you can make one of these in a half an hour, easily. if youre piecing together t-shirts as your materials it might take a bit longer, just because of the piecing involved there to get you to your starting rectangles. good luck!

@corrine. no i can see how that is confusing since i dont have a great pic for it. you lay the scarf out with the knot going sideways and each set of tails going away from the knot and each other in a V shape. then you take the upper tail from each side (one of each color( and bring the raw ends of your tubes together above the knot. then you do the same with the two remaining ends, below the knot. so its like you are making a figure 8 with the knot in the center. i will try to take a picture of this the next time i make one and add it, because its really easy to understand if you see what i am talking about

Thanks for the tutorial (and the video-nice TPIR hands by the way!) I did the same thing- saw the grey/yellow, linked and saw the price, 'yiked' and said 'no way'! So as far as I'm concerned, your post was first! Great job! I'm such a 'scarf junkie' I can't wait to make one myself!

Keight, your blog is a hoot.Of course, I know you emulate e.e.cummings with your lower case "i." But as your former English teacher, seeing it does give me pause. (What does Lee think of it?) Ha!I copied this scarf url for my daughter. She has returned to her pre-college, pre-art degree crafty side (it disappeared in interior design classes), and she will love the braided part of it. I am giving her a big hint for a gift for me.Happy New Year, girl.

Great post Keight! I can't wait to try it. BUT more importantly, I need to know about your camera strap! Too cute and looks totally comfy!! I have poked around your site trying to find info on it and I'm not finding it. Could you share how you did it or the link to the post? Thanks so much!

@oberheu and everyone who loves my camera strap. if you want to make one yourself, like i did, use this tutorial that my friend raechel made. the tutorial is AWESOME and i just added fusible fleece to my main fabric to make it padded.

http://raechelmyers.com/2011/06/camera-strap-tutorial-part-1/

and if you dont sew and want to purchase one, i sell these in my etsy shop in custom colors and fabrics.

Love this!! I am a very new sewer and got pretty confused by last part of sewing the loops together:( It would be cool if you could post a vid for us beginners;) Either cute super scarf and great tutorial!!!Thanks

Awesome tutorial and great looking scarf....Ive just been to get material from my fabric shop and they made me buy half a metre:( slightly annoyed they wouldnt cut me 15" guess thats the difference between us and uk !!

I've been looking for a tutorial for a scarf like this for a while now. Thank you pinterest for leading me to your blog!!! I'm definitely going to have to try this out!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I understand giving out a tutorial for how to make something that's expensive, but now you're selling it in your store for cheaper? You stole someone's design and now you're selling your own version of it. Lame.

That's your response? You should be ashamed. How would you feel if you spent time and effort designing something for your shop only to find someone copied your exact design and sold it for cheaper? In the handmade community this is really frowned upon. You obviously haven enough talent to deconstruct a design and turn it "into you own" so why not spend that same amount of time designing something original? You realize you're making money off someone else's design, right?

yup. thats my response. this comment is so ludicrous and off the wall, that i was willing to laugh it off rather than taking the time to spell out the inane logic of your insult, oh anonymous internet troll. but since you care enough to come back and attempt to shame me, i will give you more attention, though you are not being respectful.

if someone can make one of my designs for cheaper, i would say GO FOR IT!100%! thats the point, silly head. i use cheaper materials and possibly have streamlined the process so that i can make these more efficiently and therefore cheaper than the original seller. perhaps they just pay themselves a higher wage than poor humble me. maybe the original seller is marketing to a more wealthy clientele who appreciates really expensive fabric. not me. i think everyone should be able to rock this look and i figured out a way to make that happen and to make money on it (one way being by people clicking and visiting here, so THANK YOU!)

take a look at my etsy shop. feel FREE to take any design you see and do it better and more efficiently. i promise i wont care. if any of my designs are engineer-able by someone truly determined to recreate them, that's fine.

i dont understand why you dont have a problem with me giving out the tutorial? its the exact same thing if we are talking about intellectual property or stealing orders away from someone else.

i beg to differ about the handmade community. A: i GAVE CREDIT for the original idea. B: i LINKED TO THE ORIGINAL SELLER. i bet this seller has gotten tons of traffic and even sales from my reference. no frowns anywhere. i have a pretty strict code of integrity and i really cant find a trace of moral turpitude anywhere in this.

the handmade community if rife with anthroplogie, jcrew and all other kinds of DIY knockoffs. giving a tutorial and crediting the source is par for the course and is legit.

are you mad that walmart sells t-shirts even though they didnt come up the original idea for the garment? are you mad that mcdonalds sells their version for cheaper even though we all know chickfila clearly INVENTED in the chicken sandwich. o you buy generic drugs? or only name brand ones in the name of the sanctity of the original design? THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.

i would bet that 90% of capitalism is reinventing, improving, and streamlining the wheel.

do you attack every etsy seller who makes and sells cheaper versions of j crew necklaces? you must REALLY hate china as a whole.

i would never be this flippant or sassy to a real person, but since you are anonymous and dont care to back up your cutting remarks with your real name, i am getting a little annoyed.

one more note: i think what the hand-made community frowns upon is someone taking your tutorial (rather that figuring it our themselves) and makes and sells those items without permission or crediting the source. this has happened to me with this very tutorial. what can i do about it? nothing. lucky for me, my work is quality and people seem to like my version more than the derivatives.

you'll notice that i DID invent my own design...the DOUBLE braided version. there was nothing anywhere on the internet when i first came up with that design, but there very well maybe now. if they engineered it on their own, what can i do?

i dont need to sell everyone scarves, just my own little market of customers.

a much more courteous (and not anonymous) commenter above had some similar concerns and i answered as follows:

"just like the people out there who are inspired by designers and stores like anthroplogie, but who cant afford their products, i came up with my own method for making a similar item for much less.

no rants, no running anyone down. no judging the price. just using my own time to sew, photograph, and write out a tutorial so that anyone can feel empowered to create their own scarf no matter the budget!

and if they dont want/know how to sew? well then hooray for capitalism, wherein they can choose from the many scarves of all nations and prices where to spend their money."

And, if you put as much effort into looking into the situation, as you did into being a troll then, you'd notice that the seller who makes these IN GERMANY, clearly states on the listing "Dieses einzigartige Produkt ist momentan leider nicht verfügbar."

Which is German for, "Back off internet troll." Actually it says, "This product is currently unavailable."

As a friend of Keight's, I want to back her up and just add that in addition to everything she's written above, there are even more reasons why she's totally in the clear. If you had read the tutorial carefully, you would have noticed that while she took inspiration from the design, she actually changed and IMPROVED it, which is exactly what the handmade world is all about. Also, the original scarf was NOT sold as a handmade item, as far as I remember, and in addition to that, is sold in Germany and not the US. All reasons why she's good. (As if there was any question.)

This is to the Anonymous idiot- what rock have you been living under? Wake up and smell to coco. What an ignorant and cowardly way to call someone out. At least have some balls to say who you are. It seems so obvious that you are envious of Keight's success. She works hard at what she does on top of that taking care her family. Shame on you. What a sad and lonely world you must live. You mess with my blood you mess with me!

I'm not the same anonymous troll from above... I just can't figure out how to log in from my iPhone. Anyway... When you buy something "handmade" you aren't paying for the idea. If the item is in front of the general public (ie online) then it is out there for the taking. What you are paying for is the time, energy, and talent of the maker. For example, I buy bread at Walmart because I don't have the time or energy to bake the dang loaves myself. Get it? People either spend money on a premade product or time creating their own. End of rant. - Mama Elle

I think this tutorial is awesome for all the DIY people looking to save money and bring out their creative side. Plus there is nothing better than being able to create something with your hands from scratch. So, THANK YOU for making this!!!! You are awesome and funny and I love reading your blog!

And to the little anonymous troll, quit picking on Keight because your jealous people stopped buying your scarf to make a better one themselves. You are just being silly, so get out of the lion's den and go home and be grumpy somewhere else!!

I so love these scarfs. I can only sew with a needle and not that well. So I will be visiting the website and if there are some to buy I will. I love scarfs! I do think if I could sew it would be easy...

Ok so I'm super noobie at sewing (never used a sewing machine and have only hand sewed a few times) but I'm having trouble on the first step LOL. Like I totally understand what to do...but I'm having difficulty getting the needle to sew straight on my fabric. I chose a knit fabric like you said to that's stretchy too and I like got the 15in width like u also mentioned since when its unfolded, its 58in. Im not sure if that's entirely important but when my mom was trying to help me.. she said that I shouldn't be sewing that direction (as in I should have otten it 60in width I think?) because it was against the fabric thread or whatever? Haha srry, if that doesn't really make sense. Anyways the main problem is (1) I can't sew straight down the fabric because it keeps sliding/wiggling (2) when my mom sewed it straight..she said it was still bad because if I wear the scarf, I will definitely be pulling on it/stretching it and when she stretched it..the thread/line she had just sewed snapped. Is there a certain setting I should set the needle/sewing machine to? Or is there a special thread I should be using? Sorry if this is a super amateur question.. like i said, I'm really new to this all haha D:

This is really a great tutorial none the less so thanks for sharing it!! :) I hope I can figure out all the problems I'm having and make myself a scarf! D:

hmmmm, i am not sure. i am a dummy when it comes to fabric know-how like sewing with the grain por against it. throw in stretch and i am all kinds of ignorant! mine is barely stretchy (its a 60/40 poly cotton i believe) so i dont have any wiggle or slide. all i can think of (especially since your mom knows her stuff and it messed up for her too) is that its a fabric issue. sorry for the hassle!

It does sound like it is a fabric issue. Stretch knits are best if you sew them with a zig zag stitch. A straight stitch will snap when pulled tight. The zig zag stitch is in a v shape so that when the fabric is stretched tight, it just widens the v and does not snap. The "not sewing in a straight line" issue sounds more like the fabric was not feeding through the machine right. This can usually be fixed by adjusting the machine feed and the fabric type. Experiment and you will probably be able to figure it out. A trick that I sometime use for fabrics that don't want to feed well is to put a sheet of paper underneath it and then sew. the paper feeds more easily than many fabrics since it does not catch, slide or pull. Then when you have finished stitching, just tear the paper off and you have a perfect seam. I use this method when I am sewing sequined, stretch lace into headbands for my daughters' softball teams and it saves a lot of time and frustration.

I completely understand your tutorial without watching the video, but im going to watch the video anyways, just to see your price is right hands! Thanks...im going to make this for a friend...IF i can find a good yellow and grey!!

I came across this on pinterest- I love your scarf and tutorial- if only I had sewing capabilities! I gave you props in my most recent blog post: http://hellorainyday.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-big-fail.html

yes you can. the braid will always be there; it is permanently sewn in. but that doesnt mean it cant get all cattywampus turned about and be quite confusing. i HIGHLY recommend washing these in a delicates bag. i might even put a rather loose rubber band around the braid just to make sure it stays put.

Thank you so much! I am anxious to try this and had no clue how to start. Your comments tickled me cause I tend to think out loud in very similar terms! It's a handmade Christmas this year due to TWO college students so this is something that I think they will actually like and that I can afford! I couldn't get the video to load so thanks again for the pics! They will have to be my guide!

Can't wait to try this. My friend and I decided to do a Pinterest Christmas this year. Since we pin so such stuff but never do anything with it, our gift this year is to make one thing we have pinned and give it to each other no matter if it ends up a pinterest fail which I am sure this won't be. Great tutorial

Oh my Lord this is wonderful... My daughter is a scarf freak, I really would like to make this and give it to her for Christmas. I'm unemployed so any Christmas is going to have to be hand made. All I have to do is find someone with A SEWING MACHINE!!! I've seen both tutorials, and I happen to agree, your remarks had me laughing out loud! Thank you for your wonderful tutorial! Debbi

Thanks for this. I've tried making them with fleece and it works great. I just cut the strips 10 inches wide instead of 15 because fleece is bulkier. Thanks for the inspiration. I haven't taken pics yet, but I'll link back when I post them on my blog.

I really love this tutorial! Not just because of the awesome scarf but because you are hilarious! I love a girl who isn't afraid to laugh at herself every once in a while :) And I totally feel you pain with the other tutorial getting more pins :( I'm pinning yours now! :)http://kraftiekatie19.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for your tutorial!! I just finished making the scarf and it was a success! I was a bit disappointed that my scarf was not as long as yours to double up, but then I read the comments. I used an XL and an L t-shirt, but my scarf came out pretty cute :) I'm already thinking about making another one haha.

I made 2 of these scarves for my sisters for Christmas gifts. THEY TURNED OUT AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL! Your tutorial was very easy to follow and I loooove them! I am making a few today out of old tshirts! Thanks again!

Saw and pinned this scarf awhile ago. Finally took the time to make it today. Instructions were super easy to follow. I made a couple changes in how I sewed the ends together, but the end result is exactly the same. Love it!!! Have to make more.